First Nations checkup: Bands now held accountable online – National Post
July 31, 2014 The Department of Aboriginal Affairs & Northern Development has begun posting online the financial statements of First Nations bands across Canada, including the salaries and expenses of…
The End of Cliffs in the Ring of Fire? – Mining Life
July 31, 2014 A New York hedge fund proclaims it’s won a bitter proxy fight with Cliffs Natural Resources to achieve majority control of the Ohio iron ore and coal…
Airport/Port Authority Possible for Ring of Fire – Mining Life
Jul 28, 2014 A former deputy minister of Transport Canada recently recommended an airport/port transportation authority model for the Ring of Fire mineral development area. “It would be at arms…
Kitsault moly mine work underway – Terrace Standard
Jul 28, 2014 at 7:00 AM SIX YEARS after it bought the site of a former molybdenum mine at Kitsault on the north coast, followed by intensive periods of drilling…
Oilsands blowout caused by steaming, regulator confirms – Northern Journal
July 29, 2014 Confirming the company’s recent admission that high-pressurized steaming practices may be at fault for the ongoing bitumen seepage near Cold Lake, an independent technical review by the…
First Nation group expresses concern over commercial salmon fishery opening before conservation levels met – BiV
Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:00am PST The Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations has expressed its concern over the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada’s opening of a commercial sockeye fishery before agreed-upon…
Twin Rivers Paper gets more wood from Crown land in New Brunswick
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 28, 2014 15:47 EDMUNDSTON, N.B. _ The New Brunswick government is giving Twin Rivers Paper Co. access to an additional 200,000 cubic metres of wood from Crown lands. The additional…
Athabasca shares drop amid doubts over oilsands asset sale to PetroChina
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 28, 2014 16:49 CALGARY _ Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX:ATH) shares dropped on Monday as the company sought to allay investor concerns surrounding the $1.23-billion sale of its Dover oilsands stake…
NWT government open to oilsands pipeline – Northern Journal
July 28, 2014 at 8:43 PM Minister first from NWT to become president of PNWER Industry Minister David Ramsay made history last week by becoming the first from the Northwest…
Meliadine Gold Mine’s Environmental Impact Statement Short on Traditional Knowledge: KIA – Mining Life
Jul 25, 2014 While Agnico Eagle Mines has made efforts to incorporate Inuit Qaujimanituqangit in the research and development of its Meliadine gold project, the Kivalliq Inuit Association has asked…
